Reblogged from Notes from the U.K.:
The mayor of Genoa wrote to the queen recently, demanding the back rent on England’s flag, the St. George cross.
I’ll come back to that, but first let’s talk about the flag itself. It’s a red cross on a white field and if you’re not British you may be thinking of the wrong flag. This isn’t the red, white and blue one with crosses and Xs running every which way. That’s Britain’s flag. We’re talking about England’s.
Here’s how it works. England is a nation. Britain, however, is the country that the English nation’s part of. Think of England as a ping-pong ball. Now think of Britain as the fish tank someone threw the ball into at a fair. Someone who had good aim and won a stuffed goldfish and walked away happy, leaving England inside the British fish tank.
Irrelevant photo: Yeah, any serious blogger would show you a picture of the English flag. This isn’t a flag. It isn’t even England. It’s a stone circle in Scotland.
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Thanks for the reblog, Sue.
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My pleasure, Ellen 🙂
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I so enjoy Ellen’s writing about Britain. Her humor and wit are delightful.
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Her perspective highlights some of the more ridiculous aspects of our nation… and we really need to be able to laugh at ourselves 😉
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And that’s why I enjoy her posts. Laughing at ourselves is a good thing.
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Yes, it is the best antidote for the ills of modern life.
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Absolutely! 😀
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